Google prepares for Chrome extension Manifest V2 phase out
www.theregister.com
Starting Monday, users will gradually be warned the end is near
  • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    5 months ago

    I guess extension developers will slowly stop, unless extremely hampered.

    Will there be many extensions with active development that still use V2? Either they focus on Firefox or they have two versions.

    At that point, why not make ublock part of Firefox, like brave did?

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        5 months ago

        It’s more work and will create different set of features.

        So no, not crazy, but really inconvenient and for a very limited amount of users

    • jennraeross@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      I think Firefox will support both v2 and v3 extensions, so devs can use whichever makes more sense for their project. It has been a while since I looked into it though.

      • Railcar8095@lemm.eeEnglish
        31·
        5 months ago

        For the time being, yes, they will support both. But V2 will only work on Firefox (and forks) and I think brave, a very small percentage of users.

        So given that it will be like supporting two different extensions, I assume most extension developers will just switch to v3.

        How long after most extensions are v3 until Firefox drops/stops supporting is anybodies guess.

        It’s actually a great example of how chromes dominant position is screwing other browsers